日本

日本

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首都：

东京

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政府类型：

法西斯政体

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阵营：

中立 (大东亚共荣圈)

日本（Japan），是太平洋战场中轴心国的领导者。有人认为，第二次世界大战实际上是由日本入侵 中华民国开始的，首先是占领了满洲并建立了他们的 满洲国政权。1937年，马可波罗大桥（译者注：Marco Polo Bridge，中国称卢沟桥事变，即七七事变）事件后，日本向中国宣战，开始了第二次中日战争（Second Sino-Japanese War），日本入侵并征服了华东大部分地区，并在此过程中建立了其他伪政权，包括 蒙古国以及“中华民国改组国民政府”（Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China，即汪伪政权）。在入侵中国后，日本也开始向东南亚进攻，入侵并征服了 英属马来亚和 荷属东印度（印度尼西亚），获得了其丰富的资源，然后准备入侵 英属印度。

1945年8月6日， 美利坚合众国在广岛（Hiroshima）投下了一枚原子弹，夷平了整座城市。根据雅尔塔协议（Yalta agreements），8月8日傍晚， 苏维埃联盟对日本宣战，并于8月9日午夜过后不久，袭击了 满洲国和 蒙古国。仅仅几个小时后，美国人在长崎（Nagasaki）投下了第二枚原子弹。这些事件彻底震撼和迫使裕仁天皇（Emperor Hirohito）介入并迫使六大巨头商定结束战争的条件，这是盟军在波茨坦会议（Potsdam Conference）上决定的。经过数天的幕后谈判，在销毁由苏联伞兵捕获的满洲731部队（Unit 731 in Manchuria）生化武器库存的失败尝试和关东军（Kwantung Army）的崩溃后，8月15日，裕仁天皇通过广播向全国发表讲话，宣布日本投降。投降书的签字仪式于9月2日在美国海军战舰密苏里号（USS Missouri，BB-63）上举行。

地理

日本位于亚洲的远东地区，它主要由四个主要岛屿组成：九州（Kyushu），四国（Shikoku），本州（Honshu）和北海道（Hokkaido）。日本还拥有朝鲜半岛（Korean peninsular），天津（Tianjin）南萨哈林岛（South Sakhalin）以及太平洋中的许多战略性岛屿，包括：台湾（Taiwan），冲绳（Okinawa），塞班岛（Saipan），关岛（Guam）和硫磺岛（Iwo Jima）。日本还控制了 满洲国和 蒙古国的地区。

日本本土以山脉为主，几乎遍布全国。它有几个主要城市，分别是东京（Tokyo），广岛（Hiroshima）和长崎（Nagasaki）。 日本主要城市周围都有平原。日本直接通过萨哈林岛和朝鲜北部边境以及 满洲国的北部边境与 苏维埃联盟接壤。他们还通过天津及其傀儡国 蒙古国与 中华民国接壤。日本本土四面环海，西面是日本海，南面是东海，东面则是太平洋。

历史背景

在1868年明治维新（Meiji Restoration）期间日本统一之后，日本帝国（Japanese Empire）经历了一个快速的西化和工业化时期，其目标是使日本成为与其他西方国家同等的强国。日本以其工业力量，通过侵略邻国来弥补本土资源的匮乏，例如始于1895年对朝鲜的入侵，1894-1895年的第一次中日战争（First Sino-Japanese War），日本占领了台湾。继此之后，日本又在1904-1905年抗日战争中赢得了日俄战争（Russo-Japanese War），巩固了自己作为世界大国之一和第一个获得这一地位的非欧洲国家的地位。1902年，日本与英国结盟，在第一次世界大战中加入了协约国，征服了德国在太平洋和中国的殖民地。

在大萧条期间，日本政府变得越来越军国主义，并于1931年征服了满洲，从而造就了 满洲国傀儡国的成立。1933年，日本进一步占领中国领土，导致了更多的傀儡国，例如 蒙古国。日本政府已经开始宣布一场“亚洲是亚洲人的亚洲”的运动，在这场运动中，他们或多或少的意思是“亚洲是日本人的亚洲”，并发生了一系列的“解放”战争，实际上这是对土地和资源的进一步争夺。

但是，日本政府仍然不满意，并以牺牲一切为代价的方式，寻求进一步扩大日本在东亚及其“大东亚共繁荣圈”（"Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere"）的统治。日本为征服亚洲制定了无数计划，其中一些计划是入侵东亚大陆，并将 中华民国分裂为一些忠诚的傀儡国，另一些计划则是入侵 英属印度，其他则涉及入侵印度尼西亚（Indonesia）和印度支那（Indochina）的欧洲国家殖民地。甚至更甚的计划要求入侵苏联，以夺取其西伯利亚的丰富资源，财富和广大领土，另一项计划涉及对准了 澳大利亚和 新西兰，而日本最大的野心便是入侵 美利坚合众国，以确保日本的资源和工业控制权，并推翻美国政府，以便日本称霸太平洋地区，从而成为一个洲际大国。

日本帝国是东亚最强大的力量，随时准备摧毁任何阻碍其前进的国家。

事件

主条目：日本事件

国策树

Japanese national focus tree.

主条目：日本国策树

日本作为七个主要国家之一，拥有独特的国策树。

The Japanese national focus tree can be divided into 7 branches:

未曾設想的道路

The Communist branch and is organized around the idea of establishing a Communist state in Japan with the possibility of either joining the Soviets or forming a faction with the Chinese Communists. It requires 唤醒勇虎.

Purge the Kodoha Faction Branch

The historical Fascist tree, it focuses around the aggressive conquest of China, Indochina, Indonesia and the Philippines and an alliance with Siam.

National Mobilization Law/ National Defense State Sub-branches

Two Sub-branches that is used for both the Purge the Kodoha Faction Branch and the Support the Kodoha Faction Branch. It Increases economy law and allows Kamikaze Strikes.

Support the Kodoha Faction Branch

The Non-Aligned Branch is focused on building up to a war with the 苏维埃联盟 and joining the 德意志国's faction.

Strengthen the Civilian Government Branch

The Democratic branch starts a civil war with the fascists and installs a Constitutional Monarchy. It also liberates 大韩民国, the 菲律宾 and allows Japan to puppet or annex 荷属东印度, 英属马来亚 or Indochina. It requires 唤醒勇虎.

The Manchurian Project Branch

If 满洲国 is a subject, this branch expands 满洲国's Industry.

Army Expansion Law Branch

This branch expands 日本's army while also giving it the Bicycle Infantry, a unique unit for Japan.

Fighter Modernization Sub-branch

This sub-branch expands 日本's Airforce and connects to both the Army and Naval branches.

New Naval Estimates Branch

This branch expands 日本's naval research and industry.

科技

陆军科技	海军科技	空军科技	电子&工业
步兵装备. I 摩托化 海军陆战队 I 工兵连 I 侦察连 I 一战坦克 轻型坦克 I 牵引火炮 I	驱逐舰 I 改装型-吹雪级 轻型巡洋舰 II 重型巡洋舰 II 战列巡洋舰 I 战列舰 II 航空母舰 II 潜艇 II 运输船	间战期战斗机 间战期舰载战斗机 间战期轰炸机 近地支援机 I 舰载近地支援机 I 海军轰炸机 I 舰载海军轰炸机 I	合成油实验
Doctrines
Grand Battleplan	Base Strike	None

Politics

民族精神

Japan starts with four national spirits in the base game:

State Shintoism

• Factory Bomb Vulnerability: −10%
• Division Recovery Rate: +10%

Since the Meiji Restoration we have sought to use the worship in Shinto shrines to promote imperial loyalty and aid in nation building. This has allowed us to build up a country that is ready to sacrifice much in the name of the state.

日本财阀

• Daily Political Power Cost: +0.25
• Trade Laws Cost: +25%
• Economy Cost: +25%
• 民用工厂 Construction Speed: +5.00%
• 军用工厂 Construction Speed: +5.00%
• 海军船坞 Construction Speed: +5.00%
• Consumer Goods factories: 5%

Duplicate Research Efforts

• Air Research Time: +10%

军国主义

• War Support: +20.00%
• Mobilization Cost: -25%
• Justify War Goal time: -20.0%
• Research Time: +5.00%
• 民用工厂 Construction Speed: -10.00%

With the 唤醒勇虎 expansion enabled, Japan starts with an additional national spirit:

Interservice Rivalry - Balanced

With the 炮手就位 expansion enabled, Japan starts with an additional national spirit:

London Naval Treaty Signatory

• Carrier Max Cost: 9500
• Cruiser Max Cost: 5300
• Heavy Ship Max Cost: 10000

We have signed the London Naval Treaty and accordingly are restricted in the size of our capital ships.

Diplomacy

傀儡国：开局时日本拥有两个傀儡国（附庸国） 满洲国和 蒙古国. Both of these countries are located in Northern China and are quite lackluster in terms of industry and military.

政党

党名	政治思想	支持率	政党领导人	国名	是否执政
大政翼赞会	法西斯	100%	裕仁	日本	是
日本共产党	共产主义	0%	德田球一	日本人民共和国	否
立宪民政党	民主主义	0%	片山哲	日本国	否
中立	中立	0%	随机	日本幕府	否

Staff and Designers

These are choices of ministers and design companies for the Empire of Japan.

Political Advisors

Advisor	Type	Effect	Cost()
Sanzo Nosaka	Communist Revolutionary	Daily Communism Support: +0.10 Has completed focus The Unthinkable Option	150
Kingoro Hashimoto	Fascist Demagogue	Daily Fascism Support: +0.10	150
Kijuro Shidehara	Democratic Reformer	Daily Democracy Support: +0.10 Has completed focus Strengthen Civilian Government	150
Mitsumasa Yonai	Silent Workhorse	Political Power Gain: +15%	150
Hiroshi Oshima	Prince of Terror	Effect of partisans on us: -25% Foreign subversive activities efficiency: -30% Non-core Manpower: +2%	150
Chiune Sugihara	Compassionate Gentleman	Improve relations opinion: +15%	150
Takuo Godo	War Industrialist	Military Factory Construction Speed: +10.0% Dockyard Construction Speed: +10.0% Fuel Silo Construction Speed: +10.0%	150

Tank Designers

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost()
Osaka Army Arsenal	Tank Designer	Armor Research Time: -10% Armor: Reliability: +5% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Ship Designers

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost()
Kure Naval Arsenal	Battlefleet Designer	Naval Research Time: -10% Capital Ship: Armor: +15% Naval firepower: +15% Screen: Torpedo attack: +25% Sub detection : -25% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired. Has completed focus Supremacy of the Battlefleet	75
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	Pacific Fleet Designer	Naval Research Time: -10% Carrier: Deck size: +25% Armor: -15% Max Range: +25% Capital Ship: Max Range: +25% Screen: Max Range: +25% Submarine: Max Range: +25% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Sasebo Naval Arsenal	Coastal Defense Fleet Designer	Naval Research Time: -10% Carrier: Production Cost: -25% Deck size: -20% Max Range: -50% Capital Ship: Production Cost: -25% Armor: -20 % Naval firepower: -20% Max Range: -50% Screen: Production Cost: -25% Max Range: -50% Submarine: Production Cost: -25% Max Range: -50% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Maizuru Naval Arsenal	Escort Fleet Designer	Naval Research Time: -10% Screen: Max Range: +30% Sub detection: +10% Max Speed: +10% Production Cost: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Aircraft Designers

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost()
Mitsubishi	Agility-focused Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Fighter: Agility: +20% Max Speed: +10% Carrier Fighter: Agility: +20% Max Speed: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired. Has completed focus Agility Focus	150
Aichi	Range-focused Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Fighter: Range: +10% Heavy Fighter: Range: +10 % Reliability: +20 % Tactical Bomber: Reliability: +20% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired. Has completed focus Range Focus	150
Nakajima	Heavy Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Strategic Bomber: Strategic Bombing: +10% By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150
Yokosuka	Naval Aircraft Designer	Air Research Speed: +15.0% Naval Bomber: Operational Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10 % CV Naval Bomber: Operational Range: +10% Naval Attack: +10 % By selecting this Design Company it will permanently affect capabilities on all equipment researched while they are hired.	150

Materiel Designers

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost()
Tokyo Arsenal	Infantry Equipment Designer	Weapons and Equipment Research Time: -10%	150
Nissan	Motorized Equipment Designer	Motorization Research Time: -10%	150

Industrial Concern

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost()
Kawasaki	Industrial Concern	Industrial Research Time: -10%	150
Sumitomo	Electronics Concern	Electronics Research Time: -10%	150
Idemitsu Kosan	Refining Concern	Industrial Research Time: -5% Synthetic resources Research Time: -10%	150

Theorists

Designer	Type	Effect	Cost()
Tomoyuki Yamashita	Grand Battleplan Expert	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Grand Battleplan Doctrine: -10%	250
Isoroku Yamamoto	Naval Aviation Pioneer	Naval Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Base Strike Doctrine: -10%	250
Yoshitoshi Tokugawa	Assault Aviation	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Operational Integrity Doctrine: -10%	250
Hisaichi Terauchi	Military Theorist	Army Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Land Doctrine Research Time: -7%	150
Minoru Genda	Naval Theorist	Naval Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Naval Doctrine Research Time: -7%	150
Hino Kumazo	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Experience Gain: +0.05 daily Air Doctrine Research Time: -7%	150
Yoshio Nishina	Nuclear Scientist	Nuclear Research Time: -10%	150
Hideo Itokawa	Rocket Scientist	Rocket Research Time: -10%	150

Economy

Resource-wise, Japan finds itself in much the same place as Germany. While Japan has access to a satisfactory amount of chromium, tungsten, and steel, it suffers from a shortage of aluminum, and an extreme shortage of oil and rubber. Japan's shortage of oil and rubber at the game's beginning mostly shoehorns the Japanese player into the historical bog of an infantry army. Even a complete annexation of China will not solve Japan's problems, as China has more or less the same resource pool as Japan has. While the Japanese player can trade with the United States in the early game for oil, this ties up civilian factories, and the United States has an early focus to embargo Japan (which they will be likely to pursue with historical focus turned on).

Japan is in luck, however, as all the rubber and oil are a short boat ride and a war with the Allies away. Specifically, the largest supplies of rubber and oil in the game can be found in French Indochina, British Malaysia, and the Dutch East Indies. While Japan won't have complete control of these resources until they reach a peace conference with France, Britain, or the Netherlands, the available resources are more than abundant enough to fuel the construction of planes, ships, tanks, as well as any motorized designs Japan might have for the duration of the war. If the Japanese player does not desire war with the Allies, they will have access to the first technology allowing synthetic oil refineries in 1936, which opens up options for medium-scale production of aforementioned planes, ships, and tanks, without conquest. One thing to keep in mind when taking this route is that synthetic oil refineries are extremely expensive and time-consuming to construct, eating away time that could be used to build up other military and civilian factories with which to build up a force to take all the resources Japan could ever require to fulfill its dreams of Pacific domination.

Laws

征兵法案	经济法案	贸易法案
有限征兵 2.5% 适役人口	部分动员 25% 生活消费品工厂 +10% 军用工厂建造速度 −10% 军转民消耗 −10% 民转军消耗 -10% 石油转换燃油效率	有限出口 25% 可出口资源 +1% 科研速度 +5% 工厂/海军船坞产出 +5% 建造速度 +10% 泄露给他国的民政情报 +5% 泄露给他国的海军情报

Industry

Factories 1936

19 Military Factories

15 Naval Dockyard

25 Civilian Factories

Factories 1939

31 Military Factories

21 Naval Dockyard

48 Civilian Factories

Resources

Total resources 1936

Oil	Rubber	Steel	Aluminum	Tungsten	Chromium
4	0	94	7	47	88

Total resources 1939

Oil	Rubber	Steel	Aluminum	Tungsten	Chromium
4	0	108	7	47	88

These numbers represent the available resources, depending on the trade law a certain amount may be traded away.

Military

Here the player can type some informative bits about this nation's armed forces in-game in 1936 and the following years.

Army

In 1936, Japan has mixed seasoned and green troops. Japan starts with 45 infantry divisions, 9 cavalry divisions, 3 light tanks, 2 motorized divisions and a marine division. To reflect historical accuracy, Japan begins the game with a number of divisions that begin with experience 2 and weapons 1. This, combined with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident national focus, allows the Japanese player multiple avenues for warfare with China as early as 1936. Japan also has some troops with basic equipment, good targets for a garrison of Japan's home island and Japan's matrix of pacific islands.

Examples of alternative division template names for Japan include:

• Mountaineers - Yamahei-dan Shidan
• Marines - Tokubetsu Rikusentai or just Rikusentai (naval infantry, as opposed to marines)
• Paratroopers - Teishin Shidan
• Motorized - Jidousha Shidan
• Mechanized - Kikaika Shidan
• Armor - Sensha Shidan

Motorized units list

Name	Type	Techyear
Type 94	Motorized	1936
Type 1 Ho-Ki	Mechanized I	1940
Type 1 Ho-Ha	Mechanized II	1942
Type 4 Ka-Tsu	Mechanized III	1944

Tank Units List

Name	Type	Tech Year	Variants TD / SPA / AAA
Ko-Gata	Great War Tank	1918
Type 94	Light Tank I	1934
Ha-Go	Light Tank II	1936	None / Ke-Nu / Ko-Hi AA
Ke-Ni	Light Tank III	1941	Ho-Ru / Ku-Se / Ta-Se
Chi-Ha	Medium Tank I	1939	Ho-Ni I / Ho-I / None
Chi-Nu	Medium Tank II	1941	Ho-Ni II / Ho-Ro / None
Chi-Ri	Medium Tank III	1943	Na-To / Ha-To / None
Type 95	Heavy Tank I	1934	Ka-To / Ji-Ro / None
Iwakuro	Heavy Tank II	1941	Ho-Ri / Ho-Chi / None
O-I	Heavy Tank III	1943
Type 2604	Super Heavy Tank	1943
Type 61	MBT	1945

Navy

Capital ships 1936 4 Carriers 6 Battleships 3 Battlecruisers 16 Heavy Cruisers Screens and Submarines 1936 19 Light Cruisers 94 Destroyers 53 Submarines

Japan starts with several upgraded tier I ship classes. The Akagi carrier and Nagato battleship in particular have an especially high number of upgrade points. Japan also starts with 3 Kongo-class battleships which are tier II and 2 Mogami-class heavy cruisers that are also tier II. Under construction are 1 Soryu-class carrier, 1 Kongo-class battleship and 1 Mogami-class heavy cruiser along with 3 destroyers and 4 submarines. Japan starts with comparably high naval technology. Japan can also acquire Long Lance torpedoes from a national focus, which gives their torpedoes a longer range than any other nation.

Naval Units List

Name	Type	Tech Year
Minekaze Class	Destroyer I	1922
Asashio Class	Destroyer II	1936
Akizuki Class	Destroyer III	1940
Shimakaze Class	Destroyer IV	1944
Tenryu Class	Light Cruiser I	1922
Light Mogami Class	Light Cruiser II	1936
Agano Class	Light Cruiser III	1940
Agatsuma Class	Light Cruiser IV	1944
Furutaka Class	Heavy Cruiser I	1922
Heavy Mogami Class	Heavy Cruiser II	1936
Tone Class	Heavy Cruiser III	1940
Ibuki Class	Heavy Cruiser IV	1944
Amagi Class	Battlecruiser I	1922
Design B-65	Battlecruiser II	1940
Fuso Class	Battleship I	1922
Kongo Class	Battleship II	1936
Tajima Class	Battleship III	1940
Iwami Class	Battleship IV	1944
Yamato Class	Super Heavy Battleship I	1936
Super Yamato Class	Super Heavy Battleship II	1944
Kaga Class	Carrier I	1922
Soryu Class	Carrier II	1936
Shokaku Class	Carrier III	1940
Taiho Class	Carrier IV	1944
Kaichu Class	Submarines I	1922
Kaidai VI Class	Submarines II	1936
Ko/Otsu/Hei-Gata Class	Submarines III	1940
Sen-Toku Class	Submarines IV	1944

Air Force

Aircraft 1936

327 Close Air Support

339 Fighters

102 Naval Bombers

54 Tactical Bombers

Aircraft Types

Tech Year	Close Air Support (Carrier Variant)	Fighter (Carrier Variant)	Naval Bomber (Carrier Variant)	Heavy Fighter	Tactical Bomber	Strategic Bomber
1933		Type 91 (A4N)			G3M Rikko
1936	Ki-32 (D1A2)	Ki-27 (A5M)	G3M1 (B5N)	Ki-38	Ki-21	Ki-20
1940	Ki-51 (D3A)	Ki-43 Hayabusa (A6M Zero-sen)	G4M (B6N)	Ki-45 Toryu	Ki-48	Ki-49 Donryu
1944	Ki-66 (D4Y Suisei)	Ki-84 Hayate (A7M Reppu)	P1Y Ginga (B7A)	Ki-102	Ki-67	G8N Renzan
Jet Engine Technology
1945		Kikka			Jet Tac Bomber I
1950		J7W Shidden-Kai			Jet Tac Bomber II	Jet Strat Bomber I

 

Military Staff

These are the Military Staff candidates for appointment of Imperial Japan.

Chief of Army

Candidate	Type I	Type II	Effects	Cost ()
Hajime Sugiyama	Army Drill	(Genius)	Division training time: -15% Has completed focus Army Expansion	150
Prince Kan'in Kotohito	Army Offense	(Specialist)	Division Attack: +5%	150
东条英机	Army Morale	(Expert)	Division recovery rate: +8%	150

Chief of Navy

Candidate	Type I	Type II	Effects	Cost ()
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu	Naval Aviation	(Expert)	Naval Air Attacks from Carriers: +6% Naval Air Targeting from Carriers: +6% Naval Air Agility from Carriers: +8%	150
Osami Nagano	Commerce Raiding	(Specialist)	Convoy Raiding Efficiency: +10%	150
Shigetaro Shimada	Decisive Battle	(Expert)	Capital Ship Attack: +10% Capital Ship Armor: +10% Screen Attack: +10% Screen Defense: +10%	150

Chief of Airforce

Candidate	Type I	Type II	Effects	Cost ()
Torashiro Kawabe	Night Operations	(Specialist)	Night Operations Penalty: -10%	150
Korechika Anami	Ground Support	(Specialist)	Air Support: +5%	150
Kenji Doihara	All-Weather	(Specialist)	Bad Weather Penalty: -10%	150

Military High Command

Candidate	Type I	Type II	Effects	Cost ()
Tateo Kato	Air Combat Training	(Genius)	Ace Generation Chance +15%	150
Soemu Toyoda	Capital Ships	(Specialist)	Capital Ship Attack: +5% Capital Ship Armor: +5%	150
Hitoshi Imamura	Army Logistics	(Expert)	Division Attrition: -8%	150
Matome Ugaki	Naval Air Defense	(Expert)	Naval AA attack: +15%	150
Shunroku Hata	Concealment	(Expert)	Enemy Air Support: -10%	150
Mitsuo Fuchida	Tactical Bombing	(Expert)	Ground Support: +15%	150
Yasuji Okamura	Infantry	(Expert)	Infantry Division Attack: +10% Infantry Division Defense: +15%	150
Nishizo Tsukahara	Naval Strike	(Specialist)	Naval Bombing: +2% Naval Targeting: +2% Naval Agility: +2%	150
Chuichi Nagumo	Carriers	(Expert)	Sortie Efficiency +15%	150

Strategies and Guides

日本 The Empire of Japan is by far the strongest nation in East Asia when it comes to military strength and has plenty of options for expanding its sphere of influence. That being said, Japan suffers from a chronic lack of resources, given the size of its military and will, as it realized in real life, become very dependent on trade to fuel its war machine unless the problem is properly addressed. Japan is also not a very popular nation globally—the 联合王国, the 美利坚合众国 and the 苏维埃联盟 all have national focuses that enable them to go to war with Japan and the Together for Victory DLC will also turn 澳大利亚 and 新西兰 into possible enemies.

Japan's national focus tree contains many helpful perks and boosts that can greatly assist in early-game endeavors. The National Focus New Naval Estimates gives 4 naval dockyards while "Spiritual Mobilization" and "Warrior Traditions" raise the recruitable population by a noticeable margin.

Japan starts the game with a total of 59 factories (19 military, 25 civilian and 15 naval dockyards) which is comparable to most of the other major nations and this gives Japan the biggest industrial capacity in East Asia.

The Imperial Japanese army consists of a rather colorful mix of units, ranging from Regular to Green in experience and with varying levels of equipment. Many of the division templates are also somewhat questionable when it comes to composition. A lot of rearming and reorganizing will be needed in order to bring up the military to par with the other major powers.

The Imperial Japanese Navy is the third-largest navy in the world and the largest one in East Asia. Because Japan is an island nation and also controls a large matrix of smaller islands throughout the pacific ocean, the navy will be vital to ensure that the Japanese Empire remains properly connected and that supply lines remain open. As such, Japan will need to build up its naval dockyard capacity in order to allow it to expand its naval force and replace lost ships.

Once the initial buildup is completed there are several paths for Japan to take:

Initial conquest options

The Second Sino-Japanese War

Located to Japan's Southwest, 中华民国 presents a relatively early conquest goal for Japan. The Japanese national focus tree contains the necessary focuses to grant a war goal against China very early on in the game and this makes China a perfectly logical conquest option in the early game. When taking on China, the Japanese player must be aware of two crucial facts: first, China has the second highest (highest after unification) starting core population in the game and this grants it a near-bottomless manpower supply. As such, a war of attrition is not an option for Japan as Japan will run out of manpower long before China. Instead, the recommended path is for Japan to strike fast and strike hard, using equipment such as artillery and either heavy fighters or tanks to deal maximum damage to the Chinese forces. Second, it is recommended that the player strike China from multiple directions by opening new fronts through naval invasions. Once the war starts, two possible option for additional strikes would be a naval invasion of the Qingdao peninsula followed by a rush inland to cut off supply line to Beijing or an invasion of Southern China to capture a large portion of China's resources.

Once China falls, the player is left with two options: Annexation or Puppeting. Annexing China will grant Japan a good amount of build slots for construction (which is mostly useless as you have enough construction slots in your capital and way better infrastructure) as well as providing a boost to Japan's resource pool but an immense penalty will be applied to the local recruitable population, greatly reducing available manpower.

If the Japanese player elects to puppet China and has the Together For Victory DLC enabled, then they will be able to fully exploit China's immense manpower pool by recruiting colonial divisions or by requesting forces from China at any point, as China will retain full access to its manpower pool as a Japanese puppet. If the player elects this path, they should only fully annex coastal states, and perhaps even all states except Sichuan (which is the highest population state). China should still be left with enough manpower. Annexing the state of Hainan is highly recommended as this state can serve as a staging area for the Japanese Navy when fighting in Southern Asia.

With 1.9 alongside La Resistance, the Sino-Japanese War can easily turn into a meat grinder for Japan. You want to end the war as quickly as possible as garrison requirement will wear you down by attrition. You can set up collaboration government via espionage beforehand to make things easier and give you an alternative to puppeting China. Be sure to complete Develop Chinese Resources focus first before allowing the collaboration government to form or you will lose out on its bonuses. You can form the Collaboration Government with either Nationalist China or Communist China. Using Communist China as collaboration government might be a preferable option given their better national spirits and conscription laws but you will need more garrison during the time you are completing the focus as the compliance will only form in their starting area. Keep in mind that just like normal puppets, collaboration government will not give you access to their docks and the collaboration puppet will immediately form over all their core territory you possess during their formation which including Dalian, East Hebei, and Taiwan.

Southern Strike

Just south of Japan lies Indonesia and Indochina. These territories are very valuable for Japan as they contain large amounts of rubber as well as a moderate amount of oil, both which Japan sorely needs for tanks, trucks, planes and ships for its military.

Unfortunately for Japan, these territories are controlled by European colonial nations (the 荷属东印度 and 英属马来亚) and as such Japan will likely not be able to achieve full control of these areas until later in the game unless the player can somehow force through a peace treaty. Still, simply occupying the areas will be enough to extract the resources needed. As far as enemy opposition is concerned, the colonial nations are usually not very well defended so Japan's starting military power alone should be sufficient to capture the colonies if one acts fast enough. Invading the colonies will likely involve a lot of naval invasions or paratrooper drops (depending on personal preference) as well maintaining naval superiority around the islands.

Once the colonies are occupied, a good course of action would be to fortify the coast and station troops in the area to repel enemy attempts at retaking the areas. This is where puppet troops can come in handy, recruiting colonial troops or, if the division templates are good enough, requesting forces from puppets can allow the player to station puppet troops to garrison occupied areas for reducing resistance and repelling or at least delaying enemy incursions.

In La Resistance it is possible to form Collaboration Government on both Malaya and Dutch East Indies using espionage and it might be well worth the effort as your puppets will form immediately once they capitulated without the need of subduing the rest of the Allies. Likewise, be sure to complete Exploit the Southern Resource Area focus first before allowing the collaboration government to form or you will lose its bonuses, though this is only possible in the Fascist path.

Japan's national focus tree also contains focuses to aid in this path, allowing Japan to turn 暹罗 into a puppet as well as pressuring 法国 to give up Indochina.

Alternatively it's possible to justify on Dutch East Indies or Netherlands in the beginning and temporarily join Axis to take out Netherlands before they can join Allies.

Mid-game conquest options

傀儡印度

确保中国战场稳固后，可以向 英属印度推进，这样拥有两个人力大国作为傀儡可以大幅减少本国人力损失。与 中华民国不同的是，印度是 联合王国的殖民地，这会卷入与同盟国的战争中。鉴于印度和中国都人多枪少，推荐双线入侵；一个是取道 滇系和{flag|暹罗}}，同时海军入侵锡兰岛；另一条是取道喜马拉雅山脉直插印度腹地。不要给装备落后的印军喘息机会，但要提防盟军援助，这些可不是容易啃的骨头。

Oil Rush

Beyond India (the 英属印度) lies the fifth biggest oil producer in the world - 伊朗. Capturing it will secure twice as much oil as the 荷属东印度, providing for Japan's medium-term oil needs as it expands in the Pacific.

Though small and non-aligned, Iran's border with India is very short and very mountainous, making the invasion surprisingly tough (but still a matter of weeks).

Iran also give you access to the 苏维埃联盟. If the 德意志国 are already close to Stalingrad, an invasion via Armenia could roll up the entire front. If not, you could blitz straight to Stalingrad or even Moscow while the bulk of Soviet forces are tied up in the West (which will collapse when half the front is deployed to deal with your invasion). You can end the war by Christmas.

继续南下

在征服东南亚后，日本可以入侵 澳大利亚与 新西兰。此南下将极大的拓宽日本的海洋实力与并移除盟军在南太平洋的军事存在。两国都是欧洲列强的附属国，科技发达却人力短缺，进攻方式须权变： 若卷入战争，因远征军故而本土空虚，宜速攻克之，否则强敌援至，不易登陆；If they choose to sever ties and become independent, however (via Together For Victory), then they will be less inclined to send their troops elsewhere and may therefore be able to mount a more solid defense. In addition to that, going down the national focus trees can lead to Australia and/or New Zealand joining the Axis or Comintern and Australia can even form a faction with the USA, puppet/annex New Zealand and attack Japan.

Achievements

Sunrise Invasion 扮演日本，在1945年以前拥有墨西哥和欧洲。

Tojo Shot First 扮演日本，在美国研究原子武器之前对美国的任何一个地区投下原子弹

国家

 

主要国家	法国 美利坚合众国 联合王国 德意志国 意大利 日本 苏维埃联盟

次要国家	加拿大自治领 澳大利亚 新西兰 南非 英属印度 捷克斯洛伐克 匈牙利王国 罗马尼亚王国 南斯拉夫 中华民国 中共 满洲国 桂系 滇系 晋系 西北三马 新疆 墨西哥 荷兰 西班牙 葡萄牙 保加利亚 希腊王国 土耳其 立陶宛 拉脱维亚 爱沙尼亚 波兰

其它国家	西班牙国 西班牙共和国 埃塞俄比亚

欧洲	阿尔巴尼亚 奥地利 比利时 保加利亚 捷克斯洛伐克 丹麦 爱沙尼亚 芬兰 法国 德意志国 希腊王国 匈牙利王国 爱尔兰 意大利 拉脱维亚 立陶宛 卢森堡 荷兰 挪威 波兰 葡萄牙 西班牙 罗马尼亚王国 斯洛伐克 苏维埃联盟 瑞典 瑞士 土耳其 联合王国 南斯拉夫

北美	加拿大自治领 哥斯达黎加 古巴 多米尼加共和国 萨尔瓦多 危地马拉 海地 洪都拉斯 墨西哥 尼加拉瓜 巴拿马 美利坚合众国

南美	阿根廷 玻利维亚 巴西 智利 哥伦比亚 厄瓜多尔 巴拉圭 秘鲁 乌拉圭 委内瑞拉

亚洲	阿富汗 不丹 英属马来亚 英属印度 中华民国 中共 桂系 伊朗 伊拉克 日本 满洲国 蒙古国 蒙古 尼泊尔 阿曼 菲律宾 沙特阿拉伯 晋系 暹罗 新疆 唐努图瓦 西藏 西北三马 也门 滇系

非洲	埃塞俄比亚 利比里亚 南非

大洋洲

澳大利亚 新西兰